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1) Culture - Advanced development of the humanity, civilization.

2) Entire - Unbounded, completed

3) Secure - Outside the sphere of worry

4) Pasture - Grasslands  for cattle

5) Gesture - Movement of the head or hand to illustrate an idea

6) Blare - Loud sound or noise

7) Desire - Strong longing

8) Ordure - Excrement

9) Padre - Chaplain

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1) Acquaintance - Getting into contact

2) Maintenance - Support

3) Abundance - Availability in plenty

4) Accordance -Agreement

5) Semblance - Likeness, appearance

6) Luxuriance - Abundant, growth

7) Aggrievance - Injury, wrong

8) Defiance - Open disobedience

9) Dalliance - Trifling behaviour

10) Malfeasance - Wrong doing on an instance of official misconduct

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1. Acclimate: to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or  situation. 

2. Stentorian: extremely loud. 

3. Expeditious: characterized by speed and efficiency. 

4. Proselytize: to convert (someone) to another religion, belief, etc. 

5. Equable: equal and uniform; also, serene. 

6. Sacrosanct: sacred; inviolable. 

7. Indefatigable: untiring. 

8. Gravid: pregnant. 

9. Hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration. 

10. Funereal: pertaining to a funeral; solemn; mournful. 

11. Flibbertigibbet: a silly, flighty, or excessively talkative person. 

12. Vet: to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate. 

13. Acme: the highest point of something. 

14. Efface: to cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc. 

15. Stanch: to stop the flowing of; to check. 

16. Aggress: to make an attack. 

17. Excursus: a digression. 

18. Cataract: a large waterfall; also, a downpour, a flood. 

19. Mazy: resembling a maze in form or complexity; intricate; confusing. 

20. Entreat: to ask for or request earnestly. 

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1. Hypnagogic: leading to sleep; hypnotic. 

2. Florid: of a lively reddish color; also, excessively ornate. 

3. Leitmotif: a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a idea, person, or                situation; a dominant and recurring theme. 

4. Bon ton: the height of the fashion; fashionable society. 

5. Fungible: interchangeable. 

6. Transmogrify: to change into a different shape. 

7. Benefaction: the act of conferring a benefit; also, a benefit conferred. 

8. Salutary: beneficial; also, healthful. 

9. Interstice: a space between things or parts. 

10. Neophyte: a new convert; also, a beginner. 

11. Dyspeptic: pertaining to or having indigestion; also, ill-humored. 

12. Melange: a mixture. 

13. Limn: to draw or paint; also, to describe. 

14. Vapid: insipid; flat; dull. 

15. Pernicious: deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful. 

16. Valetudinarian: a weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health. 

17. Cerebration: mental activity. 

18. Hortatory: giving strong encouragement; inciting. 

19. Mimetic: imitative. 

20. Bellicose: warlike; pugnacious. 

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1. Veritable: real; true; genuine. 

2. Apprise: to give notice to; to inform. 

3. Explicate: to explain. 

4. Maelstrom: a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool; also, a turbulent state of affairs. 

5. Billet-doux: a love letter. 

6. Dissimulate: to feign; to pretend. 

7. Adage: an old saying. 

8. Histrionic: theatrical. 

9. Contrite: feeling or expressing grief and regret for sins or offenses. 

10. Lacuna: a missing part; a gap. 

11. Qua: in the capacity or character of; as. 

12. Iota: a very small quantity or degree. 

13. Malversation: misconduct in public office. 

14. Confrere: a colleague. 

15. Supine: lying on the back; also, indolent; listless. 

16. Conflagration: a large and destructive fire. 

17. Plenipotentiary: invested with full power. 

18. Errant: wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. 

19. Preternatural: beyond of different from what is natural; inexplicable; extraordinary;  abnormal. 

20 Subterfuge: a deceptive device or stratagem.

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Word Meanings

Egregious – Shocking

Humdrum – dull, without variety

Impetus – Moving Force

Jowl – Jaw or Cheek

Misconstrue – take a wrong meaning from

Replenish – Fill up again

Peerless – unequaled

Shallow – of little depth

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